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May 15, 2008, 5:13 PM - Fett Build History and Found Parts Suppliers#1

Hey guys. Lots of info coming out in the last few days.... here is a little more. We received some amazing info over a year ago from Mark Harris, the coordinator of the supertrooper project which includes a list of the suppliers of many of Fett's parts, including found parts! I was asked not to post the actual sheets but told I could post the info contained on them. There is a lot to be gleaned from this info so get to work! I have made an effort to copy this over as it was on the sheets, with the page breaks as they appear. A number of found parts have already been obtained using this list. Now is your turn!

That's so cool, I was born near Borehamwood, England in a town Called Barnet, Herts. my Father owned a machine shop around 1969-1986, I wonder if he new of anyone making parts for SW around that time??? I'll have to ask him. great stuff Art, thanks for sharing.

Thanks for posting this Brak's! Loads of good info! I think it's pretty cool seeing this as well as the "identifying" of 6 suits! Great stuff! So, if this is all about the supertrooper, where all 6 white when they arrived in the US or had the decision to paint it happened before this time but they were still using the name supertrooper? I'm also interested in knowing where you guys get your contacts to these people who supply this kind of info to you.

Great stuff, I can see lots of great things on the horizon for Boba Fett costuming!

According to one of their ads, Arch Motor Mfg. Co. Ltd. are the "sole manufacturers of Lotus & caterham Seven chassis for over forty-five years".

The Lotus Seven was sold between 1957 and 1973 - which is when they sold the plans to Caterham Cars, who continued manufacturing and still sell them today.

Though it's possible the producers may have contracted Arch Motor Mfg to fabricated some sheet metal parts, it would also be worthwhile looking at Lotus Seven (AKA: Lotus7) and Caterham Seven parts, as an unidentified part may turn up there.

Steve

Update [2014-08-26]: The Lotus/Caterham 7 also used fiberglass parts (at least for the radiator cover/grill cowling and fenders). This was long before any other car manufacturer, so I expect they contracted Arch Motor Mfg to make the fiberglass helmets from the master.

There's a photo of Brian Archer working on the Supertrooper helmet on page 149 of The Making of The Empire Strikes Back. Five of the white Supertrooper helmets are visible, the one he's working on and four in the background. It looks like he's installing the rangefinder.